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Welcome to the Primary Care and Family Medicine (PCFM) contributions page. This section features presentations and research outputs from our esteemed LKCMedicine faculty members and researchers who recently participated in the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) conference. The showcased work reflects our ongoing commitment to advancing primary care research and practice, including topics such as practice-based research networks, evidence-based medicine literacy, and engaging general practitioners in critical health projects. We will continue to update this page with future contributions and highlights from our team.

 

 

Past, present and future: The important role of practice-based research network in generating and facilitating research

Type: Oral Presentation
Presentation Author: Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis 

 

 

Introducing Riley” Your Personalized Evidence-Based Medicine Information Literacy Chatbot

Type: Workshop
Presenting Author: Asst Prof Lee Eng Sing and Ms Rebecca Lavanie David, Senior Medical Librarian, LKCMedicine 

 

 

Engaging General Practitioners in Primary Care Research in Singapore: Lessons Learnt from the HOPE CVD-GP Research Project

Type: Poster Presentation
Presenting Author: Ms Sam Xin Hui, Research Fellow, LKCMedicine 

Click here:  (164) WONCA-APR-2024-PPT-ePoster 23-Aug-24

 

 

Understanding Singapore Health Professionals’ Career Planning and Development Behaviours 

Type: Poster Presentation
Presenting Author: Ms Sam Xin Hui, Research Fellow, LKCMedicine 

Click here: WONCA-APR-2024-PPT-ePoster_WDARF Study_v1.2_2024-08-20

April – May 2024

Primary Care OPEN Patient and Public Engagement 

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27 April 2024: In collaboration with OPEN, LKCMedicine’s Primary Care and Family Medicine unit hosted 19 patients and carers to explore their experiences of chronic disease and cancer screening in primary care. This event is the first in a series of sessions that aims to co-design pathways to optimise patient experience and increase screening rates in Singapore.

PCFM hosted Visiting Professor, Sir Aziz Sheikh 

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9 – 16 May 2024: PCFM was delighted to host Prof Sir Aziz Sheikh, Professor of Primary Care Research and Development at Usher Institute in Edinburgh and incoming Nuffield Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences at University of Oxford. Prof Sheikh gave an inspiring lecture at LKCMedicine’s inaugural EXCEL seminar, highlighting the power of collaboration in driving research with translational outcomes. He presented on the future of primary care research, contributed to a data workshop with LKC, NHG and NHGP participants and provided mentoring to our medical students and research staff. As one of the most successful primary care researchers internationally, Prof Sheikh’s guidance will aid in the growing research primary care portfolio at LKC. 

PCFM hosted Visiting Professor, Sir Aziz Sheikh 

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17 May 2024: LKCMed and NHGP hosted the management team of AstraZeneca Asia on 17 May. The team visited Kallang Polyclinic (hosted by Dr Valerie Teo) to understand the patient journey and how team-based care work in the polyclinic setting.  The team were then reintroduced to the research work on National Precision Medicine and SG100K (Prof John Chambers), Hepatobiliary-Gut Dysfunction Research Programme (A/Prof Yusuf Ali), Primary Care Research Network (A/Prof Jo-Anne Manski Nankervis), Office of patient engagement (Ms Ai Ling Sim-Devadas) and current collaborations e.g., COPD prevalence and home spirometry study and multimorbidity education seminar.